Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-04-23 | Page 32 | Engineers on Water Survey

ENGINEERS ON WATER SURVEY Field Parties at Work Near Ogden on Weber-Pro-vo Project L'nder the supervision of William M. Green engineer or the United States Reclamation Service investigating the Provo River project under the joint ( oiumct between the reclamation service ser-vice and the state, field parties arc at worlc in the vicinity ol OffdSn rmi-nir.g rmi-nir.g what are termed by th engl-neerr engl-neerr "fly lines " Some 115,000 has alreadj oeen provided pro-vided tor the Investigation of the provo-Weber project, heJf i the -. lie. represented by private business men. who v. ill ask the next legislature for reimbursement and half by the federal government. It Is indieui d that another $30,000 can be made available July i of the present year If the state will furnish Its one-hat i" and there Is little doubt that so inuoh i,l that amount as may Iv found necessary will bo forthcoming. .!-though .!-though final word in this respect ha not yet come from Governor Mabey, .with whom the matter largely rests son m nvEi At lea.M ejjtual importance and significance sig-nificance is attached by persons Iji:. r-ested r-ested in the project to the fact thai next Monday a soil survey of Tooele valley wljl be initiated under th.. teetion of A. T. Strahorn. expert i'or the bureau t soils, rnited states department de-partment of rijrleulture. The fact that the Investigation of properties of the bO'l la to start in Tooele valley Indicates that thi Investigation In-vestigation is reaching to all parts Of the group proposed Irrigation plans commonly called tli. Provo Wi i project, and is to be comprehensive and thorough, at least until -ensibilltv or lack of leaslblllty Is definitely de,,,. onsl rated. Mr. Strahoin eo,..,r.Pe, with , Green in' the investigation. under somewhat similar arrangements of the Green river project last year, The recommendations in that" esse were adverse to carrying on further work iti connection with If. at least until land values should he ronsidei . ,e higher in that Vicinity than thev were likely to be at present BOIL TI NT The soil tests undertaken bv Mr Strahorn will be according to a standard stand-ard found advisable 1 th experlenc. Of the bureau of soils. The work in-VOlVei in-VOlVei the use of soil augers, which ire 'ink into the soil six feet, unless hardpan is readier sooner, nd sam-ples sam-ples are taken from eah foot of the moterial found These are tested for alkali in the field, with auparatUK. Ii . i h has been found reasonable eor-recl eor-recl nnd capable of giving conclusive .-suits, although not so nearly scientifically scien-tifically accurate as a chemical analysis an-alysis Would be